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Trump and Rogers would rather make up racist lies about Abdul El-Sayed than talk about anything that might actually make your life better. Nobody in Michigan is losing sleep over the Muslim Brotherhood. They’re losing sleep over how the hell they’re going to fill their gas tank.

OUR 44th president. Let's finish what he started and guarantee healthcare for every American. 🇺🇸

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

2. Details in today's Popular Information:

Woody Harrelson has done an ad "for Exxon". Well worth watching

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

"The Cuban regime has stifled any viable domestic opposition. But the withering of the state—a process that has been under way for decades—has accelerated, and is shocking to see up close" From Robert Worth, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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I think the fact that Marissa Mayer would voluntarily disclose this to a reporter is a pretty good demonstration of how deeply the culture of Silicon Valley has diverged from the rest of humanity

How much more clarity does Susan Collins need? Hopefully, in a few short weeks, we won’t need to keep asking her. trib.al/yZOOWY0

If we can afford tax breaks for the richest people in this country, don't tell me we can't afford to pay public school teachers and support staff a living wage.

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

Putin is meddling in the midterms to help Trump by once again mounting a covert disinformation operation that’s spreading phony sex abuse allegations about a Democrat. Ought to be big news.

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

Khanna: I kind of feel bad for James Carville. It’s like watching an athlete who’s been in ten seasons too long, and you know he’s lost his fastball. Someone has got to just say, “James, you had a great run in 1992. Just enjoy retired life.”

I'm grateful to receive the endorsement of the Des Moines Register Editorial Board. In 9 days, we're going to win this race and deliver change for Iowa!

Love to see it. This is what that man is meant to do.

Amy Acton's mother failed to protect her once. Ramaswamy, Vance and Trump are helping her do it again. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/my-mother-...

What an open sewer of racism and bigotry the right has become.

Now that’s a headline

The Executive Branch has no authority to regulate states’ election decisions as to candidate qualifications, and the choice to file a lawsuit like this just days before an election speaks volumes about the political corruption festering at the top levels of the DOJ.

In 2022, Mike Lawler said: “Before you vote tomorrow, fill up your tank and go grocery shopping — it will inform your decision.” So we took him up on that. Before early voting starts tomorrow, try it. Then tell me if the system’s working for you. It shouldn’t be this hard. You deserve better.

Imagine being this racist on national tv

And it was actually a prisoner exchange in which we gave them an actual Russian criminal and we also gave them diplomatic cover in a war of aggression — not only morally shameful and personally humiliating but as a negotiation absolutely laughably unequal.

Such a smart piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social about what the internal GOP fight over the Ramaswamy ad really means: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

Kushner also failed to disclose himself as an agent of a foreign government, having been paid nearly $2 billion in total by foreign leaders. trib.al/B01ZZV7

Susan Collins and her billionaire allies are spending millions in this race trying to tell you who Troy Jackson is. Let me save them some money. I’ll tell you who I am…

Sarah Matthews reacts to JD Vance suddenly claiming he doesn't want to get in the middle of the controversy over Vivek Ramaswamy's vile attack ad against Amy Acton. Funny, because he had no problem defending it yesterday. Roll the tape.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

WATCH: “Mike Rogers was a real pain in our ass.” jon stewart rips Rogers for claiming to support the troops yet standing in the way of health care for 9/11 first responders. (H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )

One thing about this vile video Republicans are circulating featuring Amy Acton’s mother. It is not an ad. It is an online smear campaign. An ad is required to have a disclaimer at the end, revealing who paid for it and creating a modicum of accountability. This video has no disclaimer.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING AGAINST! We have all seen the lack of decency, empathy, and humanity from MAGA. It's a badge of honor for them. That vile behavior can so easily become just pure evil. The words PEACE, RESPECT, UNITY on a beautiful child's t-shirt made this man happy that they were dead.

You can't afford a full tank of gas but Mike Rogers is chartering private planes and repairing his campaign's BMW. Summer's over so yachting turns to jetting I guess! Mike Rogers is just looking to go through the revolving door of politics to make another $14M.

When we said women needed to vote like their lives depended on it, we werent joking www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/m...

With Trump's removal of Starlink, Russians are now hunting cars full of people in Kyiv, using jet drones for which Ukraine's interceptors no longer function to stop. Three people murdered an hour ago in southern Kyiv, with six others injured, three of which are children.

The same guy urging Kansans not to think about money is the same guy who sued his patients for not paying their medical bills on time. Vote Roger Marshall out.

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

Lake Superior Academy is a beautiful school that had offered an incredible outdoor learning experience — that is until this Bitcoin mining farm moved in…

The math isn't mathing. Andy Harris plays Mr. Fiscal Conservative, but doesn't know adding $50 billion and then cutting $137 billion is a loss. His vote for the Big Ugly Bill did that. Watch till the end. He finds out from me the only labor and delivery unit in MD-01 closed.

If Vivek Ramaswamy had even a shred of decency, he’d apologize for that vile attack ad, take it down, and admit he crossed the line. He won’t. Because cruelty isn’t a mistake for Vivek. It’s the strategy.

"With a seeming flick of a switch, Musk has the power to alter the course of a deadly conflict. " Nobody should have that kind of power www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

🚨 “SHAME ON VIVEK.” Amy Acton’s brother fires back in a powerful new ad after Vivek Ramaswamy’s allies amplified an attack featuring their estranged mother. He reveals how Amy endured years of physical and sexual abuse as a child to protect him from their stepfather.

NEW AD from Amy Acton "Abuse" In response to Vivek Ramaswamy’s disgusting ad featuring Dr. Acton’s estranged and abusive mother, who remained married to Dr. Acton’s rapist until the day he died.